Today's News

Carlie Cooper placed first in the 3,000-meters for Glenwood at the Sioux City Relays on Saturday at Morningside College.
On a cold and rainy day, the Rams competed without several of their athletes due to prom preparations for that evening in Glenwood. Despite missing some top runners, the Rams did put up some good performances at the meet.
Cooper's time of 11:48.27 won the 3000 meter run and teammate Morgan Naughton finished sixth.

The Glenwood girls tennis team improved its record to 2-0 on the season with a 7-2 victory over Atlantic in a Hawkeye 10 Conference dual last Tuesday.
Ana Van Scoy, Rachel Tucker, Chloe Newman, and Abee Stipe each claimed their second victories of the season.
Van Scoy was strong on first serves and played very aggressively at the net, said Ohm, which helped her beat the Trojans’ No. 1 Liz Metheny, 10-6.

Despite being hit by what coach Mark Starner called the “prom bug” the Glenwood boys track team still managed four gold medals at the Sioux City Relays on Saturday.
“We had a lot of athletes leave the meet early to get back to prom,” said Starner. “We ran things well despite the bitter cold and gusty head winds down the home stretch. It would have been interesting to see how many more athletes would have had the opportunity to stand on the awards stand had we not had a conflict with prom.”

The Glenwood Board of Education unanimously approved its certified budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year at its regular monthly board meeting held at the Pacific Junction United Methodist Church last Monday, April 11.

A fiery train collision Sunday morning in Montgomery County, between Emerson and Red Oak, claimed the lives of two Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad employees. As of press time Tuesday, the victims’ names had not been released.

A 35-year-old Glenwood man is continuing his recovery from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle rollover accident Wednesday, April 13, near the southbound rest area on Interstate 29 in western Mills County.